Taxi Driver (Limited Collector's Edition, 2-DVD) R
On every street in every city, there's a nobody who dreams of being a somebody.
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DVD Details
- Number of Discs: 2
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 1 hours, 54 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: August 14, 2007
- Originally Released: 1976
- Label: Sony Pictures
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Robert De Niro, Cybill Shepherd & Jodie Foster | |
Performer: | Peter Boyle, Diahnne Abbott, Victor Argo, Albert Brooks, Harvey Keitel, Peter Savage, Ralph S. Singleton & Charles Scorsese | |
Directed by | Martin Scorsese | |
Edited by | Tom Rolf & Melvin Shapiro | |
Screenwriting by | Paul Schrader | |
Composition by | Bernard Herrmann | |
Produced by | Julia Phillips & Michael Phillips | |
Director of Photography: | Michael Chapman |
Memorable Quotes and Dialog:
"You talking to me?"
Major Awards:
Cannes 1976 -
Palme d'Or: Not Applicable
Entertainment Reviews:
It's a powerful film and a terrific showcase for the versatility of star Robert De Niro.
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Variety
TAXI DRIVER may be very much of its time, but if you're listening, it's still talking to you. -- Grade: A
Entertainment Weekly
If in Taxi Driver Scorsese's trying to show us that our cities are becoming like those of Clockwork Orange, Kubrick already did that four years ago, without nearly as much obscenity or gore.
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Los Angeles Free Press
Rating: 3.5/4 --
De Niro ... manages to be as sad as he is frightening. From his general discomfort with others and his feeble attempts at communication, it's possible to recognize the root cause of Travis' inner distress as a terrible longing for approval.
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New York Daily News
5 stars out of 5 -- On top of Scorsese's virtuoso filmmaking, Schrader's tight-as-a-drum screenplay and De Niro's compelling commitment and shades, TAXI DRIVER thrives on its refusal to iron out its contradictions.
Empire
5 stars out of 5 -- Scorsese's masterpiece of urban isolation....It's screenwriter Paul Schrader's palpable disgust that resonated (and still does) with disaffected viewers...
Total Film
5 stars out of 5 -- [A] timeless, noir-inspired study of the pathology of loneliness.
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Product Description:
Martin Scorsese's intense film, a hallmark of 1970s filmmaking, graphically depicts the tragic consequences of urban alienation when a New York City taxi driver goes on a murderous rampage against the pitiable denizens inhabiting the city's underbelly. For psychotic, pistol-packing Vietnam vet Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro), New York City seems like a circle of hell. Driving his cab each night through the bleak Manhattan streets, Bickle observes with fanatical loathing the sleazy lowlifes who comprise most of his fares. By day he haunts the porno theaters of 42nd Street, taking his cues from the violent vision of life portrayed in these movies. As badly as Travis wants to connect with the people around him--including Betsy (Cybill Shepherd), a lovely blonde campaign worker, and Iris (Jodie Foster), a prepubescent prostitute he tries to save--his attempts are thwarted and his pent-up rage grows, turning him into a Mohawk-wearing walking time bomb. Scorcese fills Paul Schrader's screenplay with a tragic realism, brilliantly capturing the muck and grime of New York City. De Niro, playing the fragile hero, steps so deep inside his role that the results are deeply frightening. Bernard Herrmann's haunting score--which turned out to be his last--completes the urban nightmare.
Keywords:
Classic
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Psychos
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Psychodrama
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Suspense
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Thriller
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Assassination
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Recommended
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Disturbing
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Lowlife
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Nightlife
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Theatrical Release
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New York City
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Violence
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Essential Cinema
Product Info
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